Part A According to “My Possessions, Myself,” how are heirlooms different from other things that represent “self”?
A. Heirlooms represent people who lived long ago.
B. Heirlooms are only slightly important to our sense of self.
C. Heirlooms are items that people possess that improve with age.
D. Heirlooms help enlarge our individual sense of identity by including other people.
Part B
Which quotation from the article provides the best support for the answer to Part A?
A. Heirlooms, for example, can represent and extend a family's sense of identity, while public buildings, monuments, and parks help us develop regional and national identities.
B. What we possess is, in a very real way, part of ourselves. Our thoughts and our bodies are normally the most central part of our self-concept.
C. The fact that jewelry, weapons, and domestic utensils are found in prehistoric burial sites is evidence that we have long considered possessions as part of the person, even after death.
D. Is the fact that we are what we possess desirable or undesirable? There is no simple answer, but certain advantages and disadvantages seem evident. Among the advantages is that possessions provide a sense of the past.

what: when quoting a source, use the author’s words verbatim, or word-for-word. this means you shouldn’t change any grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. put quotations around the words to tell your reader where the quote begins and where it ends.

you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).

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explanation:

the correct answer is c - emmett dalton was badly wounded.

a complete predicate includes a verb or verb phrase as well as words that give more information about it. to identify a complete predicate, you need to find out what the subject is or does.

in this example, emmett dalton is the subject. what happened to emmett dalton? he was badly wounded.